Ashland woman faces third OUI after Hopkinton fast food run

An Ashland woman faces her third drunken driving charge after a near crash Wednesday on West Main Street in Hopkinton, authorities said.

Linda Rigoli, 58, told officers she never saw the car she nearly crashed into around 11:04 p.m.

“She said she was just trying to get home before her Burger King got cold,” police wrote in a report filed in Framingham District Court on Thursday.

A sergeant on patrol on West Main Street saw a Lexus entering the street without slowing down. A car on West Central Street had to swerve to avoid a collision, police wrote in the report.

The sergeant stopped the Lexus and questioned Rigoli.

“As I was speaking with Linda, I noticed her eyes were watery, bloodshot and glassy,” police wrote.

Rigoli’s breath smelled of alcohol, but she denied drinking. After she failed several field sobriety tests, Rigoli blew a .08 on a Breathalyzer, the legal threshold for intoxication.

When police searched Rigoli, they discovered she was carrying oxycodone, tramadol and cyclobenzaprine, various pain medications and clonazepam, an anti-anxiety drug.

Police charged Rigoli, of 222 Myrtle St., with driving under the influence of liquor and illegal possession of all four narcotics. They also cited her for failing to yield.

Rigoli posted $500 bail after her arrest. At Rigoli’s Framingham District Court arraignment on Thursday, prosecutor Wendi Safran did not ask for an increase in bail, but asked Judge Martine Carroll to order Rigoli to have random alcohol tests.

Rigoli’s lawyer, Virginia Yeamans, argued the past drunken driving convictions were from 24 and 35 years go, respectively. She said the random tests are unnecessary.

Carroll ordered Rigoli not to drink, but did not order the tests. Rigoli is due back in court on Aug. 22 for a pretrial conference.

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